Summer vacations, back-to-school days and the Labor Day weekend celebrations -- forget about it! It's time to jump forward to plan the year-end getaways. Here are some amazing bargains to entice you to spend them across the pond.
Travel to London at a round-trip base rate of $175 with a trio of carriers and $225 on nonstop Delta flights.
The catch? There's a short travel window to land this offer.
Departures are permitted Nov. 23-25 and returns only Nov. 26-29. The maximum permitted stay is seven days.
Air Canada (via Toronto); Continental/United (via Chicago, Newark or Washington D.C.-Dulles) and Lufthansa via Frankurt, Germany offer the lowest rate of $175, or $801.50 Lufthansa; $756.80 Continental/United; $752.10 Air Canada. Stopovers are not permitted.
Delta's inclusive round-trip rate is $793.50.
Purchase tickets through midnight, Sept. 15.
Another offer to Dublin, Ireland from Aer Lingus is $378 on Nov. 1-March 31 departures.
Add $15 each way for Friday-Sunday travel. Stays of up to one year are permitted.
The bonus feature of this sale is no blackout dates. Book this rate for trips over Thanksgiving, Christmas and/or New Years' and save $450 over competitor rates.
Total ticket rates are $765.57.
Aer Lingus serves Dublin via Chicago.
The Dublin offer has no ticket-by date. Act fast.
Sale airfares are always subject to change. Every seat on every flight is not offered at the lowest rate. Since only a limited supply of seats is available, act quickly to make your purchase. I recommend starting the search for available seats at Kayak.com vs. calling an airline directly. You can also search for the sale at travel Web sites such as Expedia or Travelocity, etc. Airlines can discontinue or pull a sale price without notice when the offer does not have a "ticket-by" date or when the offer is deemed "sold out."
Clara Bosonetto is a retired travel consultant.
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